How to Apply
FAQs
Family Self Sufficiency
Homeless Preference
"A Good Place to Live"
Living Room
Kitchen
Bathroom
Other Rooms
Building Exterior, Plumbing, and
Heating
Health & Safety
Summary
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"A Good Place to
Live!"
Housing Quality Standards &
Inspection Criteria
Housing Quality Standards
Housing quality standards help to
ensure that your home will
be safe, healthy, and comfortable. In the Section 8
Housing Choice Voucher Program there are two kinds of housing quality standards:
Things that a home must have in order to be approved by the HA, and
Additional things that you should think about for the special needs
of your own family. These are items that you can decide.
The Housing Choice
Voucher Program
The Housing
Choice
Voucher Program allow you to choose a house or apartment that you like. It may be where
you are living now or somewhere else. The must have standards are very basic items that
every house or apartment must have. But a home that has all the must have standards may
still not have everything you need or would like. With the help of the
Housing Choice Voucher Program, you should be able to afford a good home,
so you should think about what you would like your home to have. You may want a big
kitchen or a lot of windows or a first floor apartment. Worn wallpaper or paint may bother
you. Think of these things as you are looking for a home. Please take time to read the
following information. If you would like to stay in your present home, use this booklet to
see if your home meets the housing quality standards. If you want to move, use it each
time you go to look for a new house or apartment. Good luck in finding your good place to
live.
"A Good Place to Live" is divided into six sections
and a summary. In each section there is a picture and an explanation of the items that a
unit must have. There are also suggestions of some things you should think about. At the
end of each section, think about whether or not the unit has everything it must have and
everything it should have. Sections
include:
Living Room
Kitchen
Bathroom
Other Rooms
Building Exterior, Plumbing, and
Heating
Health & Safety (in the home, yard, and neighborhood)
Summary
Read each section carefully. After your find a good place to
live, you can start the Request for Lease Approval process. You may find a place you like
that has some problems with it. Check with OHFA about what to do, since it may be
possible to correct the problems.
The Requirements
Most houses or apartments must have at least a living room,
kitchen, and bathroom. A one-room efficiency apartment with a kitchen area is all right.
However, there must be a separate bathroom for private use of your family.
Generally, there must be one living/sleeping room for every
two family members.
You also
need to be aware of
OHFA,
Landlord and Tenant Responsibilities.
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